Just as you will be in april/may time when you submit for detailed permission. Around the same time as we expect to be doing the very same.

I think it’s imperative to sell the idea on the back of the job creation for the area.

Let’s be fair, we’d be happy if the ground was adjacent a nuclear waste processing site.

Just wondering how much cash the club are putting into the venture? By the time it’s built will there be any money left from the sale of B.V? Also, what will any financial input by the club get us other than cheaper rent?

I think we have no worry as most of ours was covered in the Outline planning permission, such as all the roads and I think, like yours, the commercial benefits the new stadium will bring would be massive. Would be stupid of the council to reject either IMHO. And also, with a general election around the corner approving both would look favourable.

Exactly. The ultimate vote winner: announce 2 new stadiums on the same day! would be perfect timing for an election in the late summer.

Thats for if featherstone Rovers come on board

All joking apart I would love Fev to become involved in this. Its a community stadium for the district after all.
Looking at the press release it looks like there have already been talks with Fev. Its also the best kept secret that Cas have also been invited to share.

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They dont seem to happy about the idea.
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As if we care.... In all honesty i don't want to share with them... or cas. The feeling is mutual and thats cool. Let Fev get on with their plans just as Cas are. We'll see who's better off in due course..

I would imagine 'we' do care hence we keep asking, the more clubs involved, the more a community stadium/facility it is, the more funding we get....

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would be difficult for Fev to feel anything but out of place miles away from the village green and the thoughts of three teams sharing would be congested

It's not the be all and end all. We will still get the complex up without Cas or Fev won't we? That's dependant on the business park not the amount of sporting clubs that play there. And that's a no-brainer for the region.

I think it's more a case that if it serves more than one club, the likelihood of planning permission being given the green light increases.

Bradford hope to announce plans in Feb

=#8000FFSo they're at least 6 months behind in regards to a new ground then, once Wakey & Cas start construction, Bradford should be looking over their shoulders, especially if they have another bad season because they'll lose the point for contribution to the competition, while Wakey & Cas, with another playoff berth gains them an extra point there + an extra 2 points for moving into new stadiums.

Bradford's ground was deemed fine by the RFL in the last round of licences.

The more i read on this the more sure i feel that planning won't be the issue we might have feared. Yes i appriciate we're at the start of a long road, with many potential pitfalls, BUT, we have a very strong management team behind the project, who have worked wonders in a very short space of time to create a very detailed and viable plan. This project brings so much to the area, present and future. No politician would side against this in the present economic climate, i can honestly see this racing through the planning stages to provide much needed economic stability to a region that suffered so badly to the banking crisis.

Yes we will see who is better off in the long run old lad, i have no idea why Rodney whatever his name is said what he did, to my knowledge Rovers were approached months ago and said NO THANKS i also know planning application for the Rovers new ground will be lodged with the council very soon. The Rovers plans involve the 18 acres of land we own and talks are at an advanced stage with the council, the diffrence with the 3 bids is Rovers will be self funded no begging bowl will go out to anyone. Maybe Walker said what he did because he is desperate for the project to be more inclusive i have no idea but i am looking forward to the Rovers response

Headingley was still being referred to as 'World Class' around 10 years or so ago.

Times change as do the demands of the RFL (don't we know it).

Richard Lewis is a very fine man who has done some great work for this game, but he is human and erred to a major degree with the statement that one current club will be replaced. If all the competing clubs meet the required criteria, then what? Decide it on league position? I know, let's call it 'promotion and relegation'!

My big wish in all this is one of yeee lot get a new ground then still get dumped, that really would screw you up wouldnt it, stuck in the championship feeling bitter and twisted and your fate decided not by your ability on the pitch just some men in suits in a committee room

What a bitter man you are!

Are we applying for full or outline permission?

Well we got 90 seconds on Look North.